Découverte géographiqueCookJamesJames Cook17281779200374.27 geography of Australia and Oceania978080271412108027141291700-1799New YorkGreat Britain.Pacific ocean.2018-01-08ExplorersTravelVoyages around the worldExplorers--Great BritainExplorers--EnglandExtraordinary voyages of Captain James CookBiographyCook : the extraordinary voyages of Captain James Cook52858507Biographies (form)52858507Introduction -- History's man -- 1. England's Atlantic -- Cook's maps ; Banks's books -- 2. To the South Sea -- Punished Henry Stephens seaman ; As miserable a set of people as are this day upon Earth ; As favourable to our purpose as we could wish ; In order to seize upon the people ; He was laughed at by the Indians ; Alarming and I may say terrible circumstance ; Calamitous situation we are at present in ; My intentions certainly were not criminal -- 3. Towards the South Pole -- Inhospitable parts I am going to ; Mingling my tears with hers ; We are the innocent cause of this war ; Varieties of the human species ; Southern hemisphere sufficiently explored ; Now I am going to be confined -- 4. To the North Pacific -- I allow because I cannot prevent it ; Act that I cannot account for ; They may fear, but never love us ; Squalls and rain and so dark ; Dream that we could not reconcile ourselves to -- Epilogue : Cook's afterlives.Travel writingen2003This book is the definitive chronicle of the three world-changing voyages made by Captain James Cook in the 1770s - voyages which substantially recast the known shape of the globe.HistoryBiographie (Descripteur de forme)18e siècleWalker & Co.CookJamesJames Cook17281779Voyage autour du mondeDiscoveries in geographyOceaniaOceania.Polynesia.97808027771190802777112Voyages around the world--History--18th century1750-1800Oceania.ThomasNicholasNicholas Thomas1960nyuExploratory expeditions74.17 geography of the oceans